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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery.

A bug was found in the way Mozilla processes certain
international domain names. A possible hacker could create a
specially crafted HTML file, which when viewed by the victim
would cause Mozilla to crash or possibly execute arbitrary
code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2871 to this
issue.

Users of Mozilla are advised to upgrade to this updated
package that contains a backported patch and is not
vulnerable to this issue.